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Fake policemen abduct LG chairman in Borno
The chairman of Bama Local Government Area of Borno State, Modu Guja, has been abducted by fake policemen.
The council boss was said to be arrested by people in mufti who introduced themselves as plain clothes policemen.
Guja’s vice was arrested recently in connection with the alleged hiding of a member of Boko Haram at the residence of Mafa council boss.
A security source who spoke on condition of anonymity to our correspondent said that the council chairman was kidnapped Friday evening when some men drove on a tricycle (popularly called Keke NAPEP) to his Lagos Street home in Maiduguri pretending to be plain-clothed security personnel.
Punch, January 21, 2017
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